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@Lewis: Not that anyone would doubt you word, as an astute part-time financial writer, its always wise to include the source of the information !
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Ted
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/25/technology/marissa-mayer-186-million/
@hank I'll say it again, this belongs on social media, plus who cares, and the lawyer in question is one of Chicago's famous ambulance chasers.
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Ted
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@Paul: Your a day late and a dollar short when it comes to the M* Conference that Davis Snowball and other MFO staff will be attending. That information was given on 4/10/17.
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/32359/…
@VintageFreak: Time to go to school, chart school that is !
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Ted
http://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:chart_analysis:elder_impulse_system
Lewis: George Patton: "Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his !"
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Ted
General George Patton Opening Scene Of Movie:
@MFO Members: For your information, Here's how to trade stocks with the Moving Average Convergence-Divergence indicator.
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Ted
https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/active-trader/how-to-use-macd
@davidmoran: For once we agree. Here are the performance numbers for VFINX vs. SPY. SPY has an ER of.10% VFINX .14%
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Ted
http://performance.morningstar.com/fund/performance-return.action?t=VFINX®ion=usa&culture=en_US
@MFO Members: Nonsense ! The truth is some thinly traded ETFs have very wide bid/ask spreads even if they hold very liquid stocks. The spread is the difference between the lowest price a trader is willing to sell the ETF and the highest price a buye…
@Old-Joe: She wants to increase the number of seats held by the Conservatives Party. At present they control the House Of Commons by only seventeen members. The Conservative have a 20% lead in the current British polls.
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Ted
@: I believe the market will move sideways until late September, then it will add another 5%. The only thing wrong with selling in May and going away is at what point do you get back in ?
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Ted
@golub1: There is nothing wrong with ETFs, the secret is to have the discipline not to trade them. For your information, here is the Ben Carlson article I linked eariler this morning.
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Ted
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@catch22: "Below link is real time for European markets." No. the link is for the U.S. Markets ! This would have been far better ! Plus the European Markets are covered in my Closing Bell ans Breakfast Briefing links.
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Ted
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@Lewis: "When you receive a capital gains or dividend distribution from your mutual fund, how have you worked for that dividend or capital gain distribution?" I put money at risk, that's how I worked for it !
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Ted
@MFO Members: I got the answer ! Lets redistribute the wealth and take monies earned from those who work and give it to those who don't work or won't work.
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Ted
@davidmoran: Thank you, for another outstanding article on mutual fund investing. If one didn't know better, you'd think this was a political discussion website.
Ted
@MFO Members: Here is Gundlach's 10-year bond yield predication.
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Ted
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-04/gundlach-says-bond-rally-to-continue-with-10-year-yield-falling
@Charles; The thread started by BenWP was for his grandchildren with at least a 40 to 50 year time frame. That's why I recommended stocks that over such a time frame compounded returns, outperform bonds by a wide margin.
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Ted
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@hank: Its always good to reinforce market closings so investors will understand why there is no price movement today in their stock.
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Ted
http://www.mutualfundobserver.com/discuss/discussion/32415/stock-market-holidays#latest
@Lewis: Please, stop taking all the fun out of life ! Here is the Bogleheads contest for 2017.
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Ted
http://www.lostoak.com/ls/diehards/contest/
@davidmoran: Every barrel has a few rotten apples, don't condemn thousands of fine people working for WFC as dirtbags. Are you a dirtbag ?
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Ted
@Alex: I think their fees are on the high side. I'd take a pass on ALPHACLON Funds.
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Ted
Their Fees: (Scroll Down To Fees Page 6)
https://www.alphaclone.com/AlphaClone-Firm-Brochure-March-2017.pdf
@MFO Members: The ALPS | Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund is an open-end mutual fund that provides investors with exposure to private businesses by investing in publicly-traded private equity companies that trade on global exchanges. These liste…
